Thread: OK: Illegal immig is hot issue in some county sheriff race

Illegal immigration is hot issue in some county sheriff races
By Devona Walker
Sat July 26, 2008

Before House Bill 1804 went into effect in November, Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz was vigilant in enforcing federal immigration law.
Since then, he has had more than 30 deputies trained in enforcing federal immigration law, he has helped deport more than a 1,000 illegal immigrants from Tulsa County, he boasts of a 7 percent decline in jail population, and he's enjoyed growing popularity among a vocal element of residents.

In this election year, Glanz is unopposed.

"I do think immigration has been a part of this, absolutely,â€

This position has not been supported by the Tulsa Police Department, which has reported a slight increase in crime due largely to criminals targeting illegal immigrants.

I'd really like to see the statistics that proves that. Would like to take them and compare them to the crimes committed by illegal aliens